Malcolm Bruce Email & Phone Number

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Erbil, Erbil Governorate, Iraq

• Senior Manager within the Crescent Petroleum Organisation. As KRI Country Manager for Operations, accountable for all Operations related activities within KRI, including all Production Operations activities for.
• Contributes as a member of the management team in the formulation of strategy and delivery of the company’s objectives and the creation of a positive, unified culture. Reports to the Kurdistan General Manager.
• Integral part of Crescent Projects Organisation to develop and progress key growth projects
• Coach and develop Local National Staff to progress Nationalisation plan/s
• Develop and deliver business plans for KRI Operations

Inverurie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Kazakhstan

• Senior Manager within the Shell Organisation, seconded as KPC Manager in the KPO Joint venture in Kazakhstan. The KPC Manager manages ~500 personnel in the safe and efficient Production, Processing and Export of up to.
• Ensure safe, efficient and technically compliant operation of KPC Plant and equipment and KATS oil export pipeline
• Develop and deliver of plans, inspections, tests and preventative maintenance of equipment in line with Republic of Kazakhstan legislation and industry best practice
• Develop and execute annual financial and production budget (and 5 year Business Plans) and negotiate with JV Partners and Kazakh Authorities to ensure funding for KPC and KATS
• Manage personnel of various nationalities – national and ex-pat. Prepare and implement personnel knowledge assessment programmes in line with Company Competence Management system
• Coach and mentor Kazakh national employees on the Enhanced Development Programme to equip them to fulfil roles in line with their potential. Manage succession programmes in line with committed Company Nationalisation.

Kazakhstan

• Production Manager for Karachaganak Petroleum Operating b.v (a Shell JV)Key accountabilities include:
• Leadership within a JV of circa 370 Local / National employees – including Production Operations office support and field based staff across Karachaganak Field / Site
• Development and delivery of annual Production Budget, Forecasts, Reporting and Hydrocarbon accounting for production of circa 440kboe/d
• Optimisation of Daily Production maximising value for the JV. Integration for all production matters across Sub-Surface, Well Operations, Production Operations, Maintenance and Marketing Functions
• Work closely with Marketing Function to ensure export routes for Oil / Gas are optimised and Threats / Opportunities are well known and shared within the Field Team
• Continued development and improvement of production management systems and processes to ensure the highest quality of data management including but not limited to: forecasting, loss management, locked-in potential.

Trinidad And Tobago

• Held role in interim pending relocation to UK and Kazakhstan. Key accountabilities as per role/s below and including:
• Leadership of all Production Operations for Shell Trinidad and Tobago.
• Circa 300 Local / National employees – including Site Based OIMs, all Production Operations Staff across 5 operational sites, onshore engineering, maintenance, operations support and Logistics personnel

Trinidad And Tobago

• Key accountabilities include (role merged with Technical Manager Role below in Jan 2015):
• Leadership to circa 300 Local / National Staff
• Accountable for safe, reliable and efficient delivery of ~1bcf/d gas production
• Key integrator across the BG T&T business to ensure alignment on business priorities & ensure operating costs are optimized, risks and opportunities are clearly understood and developed to execution
• Accountable for Asset Operational OPEX and CAPEX of circa $100mm per annum
• Accountable for the development of local talent to nationalise key positions within the BG T&T organization

Trinidad And Tobago

• KKey accountabilities include:
• Line management of Operations Technical Team including: Engineering, Maintenance, Shutdown and Operations C&P (contracts and procurement) team/s
• Leadership for all maintenance & inspection programmes by providing strategic direction to the Asset Maintenance team consistent with the Asset Business Plan
• Leading, establishing and maintaining the Asset’s Functional Health & compliance by resourcing and developing competent discipline engineers / specialists (Technical Authorities)
• Supporting the delivery of Asset production performance and business plan volumes through engineering support to prevent future losses and reduction in plant downtime through a robust RCA process
• Provide technical support to capacity enhancement projects (e.g. new compression and new well tie back opportunities)

Europe E&P

• Operate Business Improvement Manager for BG Europe E&P. Main deliverable is to deliver the Perfect Day every day by:
• Improving the certainty of safe year on year Business Plan Delivery through:– Continue with the things we do well that add value– Identify opportunities to reduce waste– Lead the implementation of the highest value.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Asset Manager - Lomond Hub

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Asset / Operations Manager for Armada and BlakeKey accountabilities include:
• Create and safely execute the Asset Business Plan with full accountability for the P&L of the Asset through integration of all activities and key stakeholders (both internal and external).
• Line management of commercial, finance, reservoir engineering and operations for the Asset.
• Duty Holder for the Offshore Installation/s

Operations (and contract) Manager within Wood Group PSN and assigned to Hess (Triton FPSO) Contract.

• Operations (and contract) Manager within Wood Group Engineering (WGE) and assigned to Ithaca Energy Project. Duty Holder for Beatrice Field (i.e. 4 offshore installations: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie & Jacky) the Nigg Oil.
• Responsible for management and delivery of the Transition Process to Duty Holder status for WGE (from Talisman Energy)
• Responsible for management and delivery of Duty Holder contract for WGE with Ithaca Energy & Talisman Energy including all operations, maintenance and engineering activities

Mechanical Technical Authority (TA) for the Central North Sea ELE Assets (North Everest, Erskine & Lomond facilities).

Maintenance Manager within Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) and assigned to ISC Leader Role for Shell’s Brent Assets. Main focal point for all maintenance activities across the client’s Brent Production facilities (4 offshore production facilities i.e. Brent Alpha, Bravo, Charlie & Delta

• Manager of 80MWe / 200MWth Combined Heat and Power Plant operating on a 24/7 basis to supply a large Paper Making Site (6 paper making machines) with a reliable / low cost energy source (heat and power). Also export to.
• Manager of a 25MWth (190,000 T per year) Fluidised Bed Combustion Plant operating on a 24/7 basis to provide a large Paper Making Site with a disposal route for site generated waste (paper sludge and plastics)
• Developed and implemented ISO 14001 for site regulated under the Waste Incineration Directive

Mba, Oil And Gas

Msc, Energy Futures

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